Public Act 1273 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB5931 Enrolled LRB096 18497 RLC 36259 b

Public Act 096-1273

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Sex Offense Victim Polygraph Act is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

(725 ILCS 200/1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1551)

Sec. 1. Lie Detector Tests. (a) No law enforcement officer, State's Attorney or other official shall ask or require an alleged victim of an offense described in Sections 12-13 through 12-16 of the Criminal Code of 1961, as amended, to submit to a polygraph examination or any form of a mechanical or electrical lie detector test as a condition for proceeding with the investigation, charging or prosecution of such offense, and such test shall be administered to such victim solely at the victim's request.

(b) A victim's refusal to submit to a polygraph or any form of a mechanical or electrical lie detector test shall not mitigate against the investigation, charging or prosecution of the pending case as originally charged.

(Source: P.A. 85-664.)